A collection of vintage photography and "orphan" photographs showcasing the past.

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Sepia Saturday #108 - Hats, Hats & More Hats!

I write a post each Sunday called Women with Hats and I recently came across another blog called Sepia Saturday in which you post old pictures with a different theme each Saturday. This is my first Saturday answering their blog call and this week the topic is hats! Here is my entry:

This first picture is a tintype of a woman in a flowery, feathery hat. She's wearing a fitted dress with a bustle and I believe this to have been taken in the 1880's. I welcome any help narrowing down more definite dates.

This next picture is a very small one measuring just 7/8" by 1 1/4" and it is glued to a beige background with a border. Her hat appears to be made out of satin and I've never seen anything quite like it. I'm taking a stab in the dark here that this is from 1900 - 1910.

This woman in my last picture is wearing a hat with feathers and some other type of decoration in the middle. Again, I am guessing at the date, maybe 1910 - 1920.

None of the women or the photographers in these pictures were identified. Thanks for looking and I look forward to more Sepia Saturdays!

About the hat of the lady in the middle you commented that you'd never seen anything quite like it. With the Sepia Saturday topic of hats this week, most of the hats are ones I've not seen anything like them before. What an amazing array. Thanks for sharing some of yours.

First pic is normally early to mid 1880's, last pic seems more like 1900, you can see it because of the corset and the skirt, the corset is shorter then the one in 1910(if you look up the corsets you can see how it changes the silhouet) and the skirt in 1910 is straighter then the one in 1900, 1900 skirt has a clock form :) I hope this helps you to determine data :) cheers

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I'm an amateur genealogist, with my roots in Southern Illinois and living in South Florida for many years. I'm fascinated with those who came before and the history they left behind. I started my blogs to document the plethora of information I have found on both my husband's wonderful ancestral history and my own, hoping it will help me to see them more clearly and as something to leave for my sons and grandsons. I can't stay out of the antique stores and love collecting old postcards and photographs. I just can't resist buying those discarded orphan pictures of "other people's ancestors." I welcome comments or you can email me at tyrogers31@gmail.com. Thanks for stopping by!